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United  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

BUREAU  OF  BIOLOGICAL  SURVEY. 

E.  W.  Nelson,  Chief  of  Bureau. 


SERVICE  AND  REGULATORY  ANNOUNCEMENTS. 


FISHING  ON  BIG  LAKE  RESERVATION,  ARKANSAS. 

NETS  AND  OTHER  SET  FISHING  TACKLE. 

Washington,  D.  C,  November  7, 1921. 
By  virtue  of  the  authority  vested  in  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
by  section  84  of  the  act  of  March  4.  1909  (35  Stat.  1088),  entitled 
"An  act  to  codify,  revise,  and  amend  the  penal  laws  of  the  United 
States,"  and  otherwise,  the  following  rule  and  regulation,  to  prevent 
the  use  of  all  set  fishing  tackle  in  violation  of  the  laws  of  the  State  of 
Arkansas,  is  hereby  adopted,  effective  on  and  after  January  1,  1922. 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that,  until  further  order,  all  nets  and  other 
set  ta -kle,  except  limb  lines  used  for  fishing  on  Big  Lake  Reservation 
in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  shall  be  tagged  with  metal  tags  which  will 
be  furnished  upon  application  to  the  warden  in  charge  of  the  Big 
Lake  Reservation,  without  cost,  to  holders  of  fishing  permits  issued 
by  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Biological  Survey.  Said  tags  will 
bear  identification  numbers  or  letters  and  at  least  one  tag  must  be 
attached  to  each  net  or  other  set  tackle  except  limb  lines.  All  persons 
are  warned  that  untagged  nets  and  other  set  tackle  except  limb 
lines  will  be  subject  to  seizure. 


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Henry  C.  Wallace, 

Secretary  of  Agriculture, 


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